Pamela Brind'Amour

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Pamela Brind'Amour
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1993-01-12) January 12, 1993 (age 31)
Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
Home town Sainte-Martine, Quebec, Canada
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Santiago Team sabre
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Lima Team sabre
Pan American Fencing Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 LimaTeam sabre
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 LimaSabre
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 Panama CityTeam sabre
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 LimaSabre
Pan American Junior Fencing Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2013 PonceFoil

Pamela Brind'Amour (born January 12, 1993) is a Canadian fencer in the sabre discipline. [1] Brind'Amour has won multiple medals at the Pan American level.

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Career

Brind'Amour's first major international result came in 2013, when he won the gold medal at the Pan American Junior Fencing Championships in Ponce, Puerto Rico in the individual foil event. [1] Brind'Amour would later switch to the sabre discipline as she felt her changes of qualifying for the Olympics in the foil discipline were low. [2] In 2022, finished 52nd at a World Cup stop in Algeria. [3] Brind'Amour was officially named to Canada's 2024 Olympic team in April 2024. [4] [5] [6]

Pan American Games

Brind'Amour has competed at three Pan American Games. [1] Brind'Amour's first appearance came at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. [7] Four years later, at the 2019 Pan American Games, Brind'Amour was part of the bronze medal-winning sabre team. [1] At the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Brind'Amour was part of the silver winning sabre team. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Pamela Brind'Amour". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  2. Trembay, Eric (April 27, 2024). "Pamela Brind'Amour aux Jeux olympiques : une question de touche" [Pamela Brind'Amour at the Olympic Games: a question of touch]. Le Soleil de Châteauguay (in French). Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  3. "Escrime " Je suis fière de ce que j'ai accompli ", assure Pamela Brind'Amour" ["I'm proud of what I've accomplished," says Pamela Brind'Amour]. La Presse . Montreal, Quebec, Canada. November 13, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  4. Fenton, Caela (April 25, 2024). "Team Canada announces fencing team for Paris 2024". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  5. Nerestant, Antoni (April 26, 2024). "29 Olympics, no medals? No problem. Quebec-led fencing squad hungry for history". www.cbc.ca/sports/. CBC News . Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  6. Drouin, Simon (April 22, 2024). "Les paris de Pamela Brind'Amour" [Pamela Brind'Amour's bets]. La Presse . Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  7. Loritz, Kristin (July 4, 2024). "Team Team Canada fencers nominated for Pan Am Games". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved July 7, 2024.